US EditionDolores Huerta ends her silence, champions decades of advocacy for marginalized groups
Dolores Huerta revealed 60 years of abuse by César Chávez and continues advocating for marginalized groups at nearly 96, inspiring calls to rename landmarks in her honor.
- On Wednesday, labor activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was sexually abused by co-founder Cesar Chavez, prompting the United Farm Workers to cancel Cesar Chavez Day events citing "deeply troubling" allegations.
- Huerta kept the abuse secret for 60 years to protect the movement she dedicated her life to, stating she was "manipulated and pressured into having sex with him."
- She described two encounters, including one forced "against my will, and in an environment where I felt trapped," and later became pregnant, arranging for the children to be raised by other families.
- The League of United Latin American Citizens said it "unequivocally condemns" the alleged violence, while the union emphasized that "a just society has a duty to hold abusers accountable without exception."
- Advocates are now calling for Huerta's name to replace Chavez's on government buildings and schools nationwide, while at nearly 96, she continues advocacy work through the California-based Dolores Huerta Foundation.
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IWPR Statement of Support for Dolores Huerta
Dr. Jamila K. Taylor, president and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, on the New York Times’ Cesar Chavez investigation that revealed the abuse of labor and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta. To our unrelenting warrior, Dolores Huerta. When I read your words yesterday, and the accounts of the other survivors of sexual,
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